Landscapes and Landforms of the Chobe Enclave, Northern Botswana

The northern part of the ChobeChobe EnclaveEnclave (an administrative district Botswana) is an agriculturalAgricultural area situated between relatively pristine national parks in Middle Kalahari BasinKalahari Basin. It belongs to LinyantiLinyanti-ChobeChobe structural basinBasin and constitutes a syntectonic depocenter formed within large depressionDepression, known as Okavango Graben, tectonicTectonic structure likely trans-tensional nature. landscape includes fossilFossil landforms, such sandSand dunesDune, pans, sand ridgesRidge, carbonateCarbonate islands resulting from palaeo-environmental palaeo-drainageDrainage changes through QuaternaryQuaternary associated (neo)tectonicTectonic processes. In addition riverRiver- windWind-reworked sandsKalahari Sand, sedimentsSediment include diatomites deposits, forming inverted reliefs originating palustrine palaeo-environments. at convergence several ecoregions tropical subtropical grasslandsGrassland savannasSavanna shrublandShrubland biomesBiomes. hydrological cycle governed by complex interplay Okavango, KwandoKwando, Upper ZambeziZambezi drainageDrainage basinsBasin, which originate watersheds Angolan highlandsHighland. Finally, widespread developmentDevelopment termite mounds impactsImpact diversity soilsSoil EnclaveEnclave, also reflected vegetationVegetation.